List of works Plays | Prometheus (trilogy) Plot Prometheus the Fire Bearer Following the Battle of the Titans, Zeus demands that Prometheus submit to his authority, forgetting that he managed to win thanks to the latter’s assistance. Irate that Zeus has broken his promises and annihilated mankind, Prometheus refuses to comply. He fashions a man …
List of works Plays | Sodom and Gomorrah Plot God tells Abraham that he is going to annihilate Sodom and Gomorrah. Following lengthy entreaties, the old man manages to secure the salvation of Lot, the only just man among the inhabitants of the sinful cities. As Abraham is on his way to tell him, Lot …
List of works Plays | Fasga Plot Loris, an atheist doctor and playwright, has an illicit relationship with a femme fatale named Eleni, who is his assistant. Following a heated clash with his wife Maria, he abandons his family and leaves with his mistress. A few years later, as a successful playwright, he is living …
List of works Plays | Christos Plot The master of ceremonies enters the church, and asks all those who should not be present at the miracle which is about to follow to leave – meaning those taking catechism, women, children and those not pure in body and soul. Strong, clear-headed men remain; the master of …
List of works Plays | Christopher Columbus or The Golden Apple Plot At the Monastery of the Vrigin Mary of the Atlantic, don Alonso proposes to the Abbot and Father Juan that he undertake a voyage to a distant land in search of gold; to that end, he is looking for a map that the …
List of works Poetry | Odyssey Plot The new Odyssey begins from where Homer’s Odyssey leaves off. Consisting of 33.333 17-syllable lines, it was justly named “the greatest epic of the white race”. Having killed the suitors, Odysseus grows bored on his small island; he no longer fits in with his wife, his son, the …
List of works Poetry | Tertsina Description Twenty-two cantos, dedicated to people who had a significant role to play in the author’s life and thought. Written in Dante’s terza rima, the metre used in the Divine Comedy, which features a triple rhyme. Kazantzakis regarded the cantos as “bodyguards” or “satellites” of the Odyssey and aimed …
List of works Travel writing | Crete. How I found it after its liberation Writing history Kazantzakis’ impressions of post-Occupation Crete. An excerpt entitled “Crete” was published in Nea Estia, issue 66 (Christmas 1959) 39-40. Greek editions N. Kazantzakis, I Kriti: Pos tin ivra meta tin apeleftherosi tis [Crete. How I found it after its …
List of works Travel writing | Sketches from Mount Athos Summary information Kazantzakis’ impressions from his journey around Mount Athos with Angelos Sikelianos in December 1914. First published in French in the Messager d’ Athènes newspaper in 1915, undersigned with the initial “Ν.” Greek editions N. Kazantzakis, Skitsa apo to Agion Oros [Sketches from Mount …
List of works Travel writing | Travels (Spain, Italy, Egypt, Sinai) Summary information Kazantzakis’ impressions from his travels in Spain (1926), Italy (1926), Egypt and the Sinai Desert (1927). First appeared in an early form in Eleftheros Typos (Spain: 12.12.1926-7.1.1927, Italy: 6-28.2.1927) and Eleftheros Logos (Egypt and Sinai, 3.4.-3.5.1927). Greek editions Taxidevontas (Ispania, Italia, Egyptos, …